The 144th annual session of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge and the 131st annual session of the Royal Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Arkansas Jurisdiction, will be held at Pine Bluff.
Sessions will be held Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 25-27, at the Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 2906 E. Harding Ave.
The Most Worshipful Grand Master Cleveland K. Wilson of Hamburg and the Grand Worthy Matron Flora J. Simon of Dumas will preside.
The grand session activities will include a memorial service at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb.25, in the banquet hall. The service is open to the public. The speaker will be Rev. Robert Jenkins, pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church at Little Rock.
The Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge will open at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26. The annual C.N. Toney Trustee Banquet will be at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Tickets are $30 per person.
On Saturday, Feb. 27, the Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge will reconvene at 8:45 a.m. The annual gala affair, “Soul Train Era,” will be at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person and the event is open to the public.
About 100 guests from other states are expected to attend.